How can I make audio available for download?
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I’ve been trying to add audio for download on my blog and it’s no longer working. I can put the audio to play. But when I go to make it available for download like my other posts, it doesn’t work. I get another player on my page. I was using IE and then I downloaded Chrome and still not working. Need some assistance, pls
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Hey djvmind, tight mixes! (so thanks for sharing, I’m listening while working now haha). Unfortunately I don’t quite know the answer to your questions yet, since I’m not too familiar yet with using audio on wordpress.com myself.
I tried looking in a few different browsers, but I don’t see an option for downloading, even if I go back to older posts. (I’m looking here now: http://djvmind.com/2012/12/ )
It used to show a way to download it on your other posts?
As a workaround, I’m guessing you might be able to link directly to the mp3 file with a text link and say something like “[Click here to download!]”
Looking at the code, I do see something like this:
“<span id=”wp-as-2269_1-container” class=”wp-as-prepped”>
<audio id=”wp-as-2269_1″ controls=”” preload=”none” style=”background-color:#FFFFFF;width:290px;” src=”http://djvmind.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/power-up-soca-part-2-2013.mp3″>
<span id=”wp-as-2269_1-nope”>Download: power-up-soca-part-2-2013.mp3
</span>
</audio>
</span>”So it looks like it’s there just not showing. I’ll look more into it. I feel like I’m probably missing something.
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Yeah, I’m having trouble finding how to make it available to download within the player. For now I’d personally find the file URL on the media library page and then add in a download link separately.
Click Here to download!Something like that. Hopefully someone will have a better answer after.
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No, that Is the answer. Although you don’t need link TEXT necessarily: you can also put an image linked to the media file and say something like “click on the album cover to download”.
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Yeah, it’s interesting that there is code with a download link within there if you view the source though, I’ve just never seen it exposed. Perhaps it’s a fallback if the flash player can’t be seen? It is flash, right?
I also would make the image link a download link. There’s nothing stopping you from putting multiple ways to download it in the post!
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Hey, ianaleksanderadams thanks for taking the time to listen to my mixes and to help me with my problem. I’m gonna try your suggestions. Because I would really love to get it working again so that yourself and others can download my mixes. Will keep you posted
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Still not working. My mixes are not available for download. I’ve tried everything and nothing has worked. Anyone else has any ideas. Would really like this resolved ASAP
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As I do not know how to help you and this thread commenced on May 8th I tagged this thread for Staff attention.
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If you mean that folks are now seeing a player instead of a download link, you can get the file’s URL from the player shortcode that’s inserted and create a link following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/
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